Puu Huluhulu is a volcanic cone located near the center of the Island of Hawaii in the

State of Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...

. It is located on the southern side of

Hawaii Route 200 Route 200, known locally as Saddle Road, traverses the width of the Island of Hawaii, from downtown Hilo to its junction with Hawaii Route 190 near Waimea. The road was once considered one of the most dangerous paved roads in the state, with ...

(Daniel K. Inouye Highway, also known locally as Saddle Road), directly across from the highway's intersection with the

Mauna Kea Mauna Kea ( or ; ; abbreviation for ''Mauna a Wākea''); is a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii. Its peak is above sea level, making it the highest point in the state of Hawaii and second-highest peak of an island on Earth. The peak is ...

Access Road. Puu Huluhulu is Hawaiian for ''hairy hill'' (puu=hill and huluhulu=hairy). The cone is a

kīpuka A kīpuka is an area of land surrounded by one or more younger lava flows. A kīpuka forms when lava flows on either side of a hill, ridge, or older lava dome as it moves downslope or spreads from its source. Older and more weathered than their ...

, which is an older volcanic hill covered with vegetation, surrounded by the younger lava flow. The hill is located on

and is a native tree sanctuary and a

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. Beginning in July 2019, various groups opposed to the Thirty Meter Telescope gathered at Puu Huluhulu to block Mauna Kea Access Road and temporarily stop its construction, despite the Hawaii Supreme Court's ruling to allow construction to move forward.Hundreds gather for prayer vigil
( Hawaii Tribune-Herald, 2019)

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File:Puu Huluhulu11.jpg, Puu Huluhulu, a sacred place for the

Native Hawaiians Native Hawaiians (also known as Indigenous Hawaiians, Kānaka Maoli, Aboriginal Hawaiians, First Hawaiians, or simply Hawaiians) ( haw, kānaka, , , and ), are the indigenous ethnic group of Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii ...

File:Mauna Kea from Puʻu Huluhulu - panoramio (2).jpg, Mauna Kea as viewed from Puu Huluhulu File:Puu Huluhulu13.jpg,

Koa KOA (short for Kampgrounds of America) is an American franchise of privately owned campgrounds. Having more than 500 locations across the United States and Canada, it is the world's largest system of privately owned campgrounds. It was founded in ...

and other native Hawaiian vegetation are preserved here. File:Puu Huluhulu14.jpg, A view toward northwest, showing lava plateau and cinder cones File:Puu Huluhulu12.jpg, The entrance to the

access road for the

Onizuka Center for International Astronomy The Onizuka Center for International Astronomy, also known as Hale Pōhaku, is a complex of support facilities for the telescopes and other instruments that comprise the Mauna Kea Observatory atop Mauna Kea, on Hawaii island. History A few rusti ...

and Mauna Kea Observatories.

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